Patient's question:
At three months, she was difficult to soothe during a tantrum. It took letting her vent for a while before she could be comforted to finish nursing and fall asleep. Later, she would whimper softly in her sleep, as if very sad and aggrieved. When picked up and comforted, she showed no response to her name or speech, and she seemed to ignore or not recognize her mother. Her eyes rolled up as if she saw something frightening and couldn't move them, and her body became stiff and curled up, lasting perhaps five minutes. About two months later, a similar episode of intense crying occurred again, followed by the same symptoms. After she had cried and been comforted to sleep, noticeable convulsions appeared—her arms and legs would retract, her body would stiffen, and her lips turned slightly purple.Doctor's answer:
Professor Gao Minghong of Chongqing Ren'ai Epilepsy Rehabilitation and Diagnosis Center stated that convulsions are the most concerning disease for parents during childhood. This is partly because the symptoms are terrifying, and partly because if not treated promptly and appropriately, they can lead to adverse consequences, even death. There are many factors or causes of convulsions, and the forms of recurrence are often different. Some are only temporary, with quick recurrence and quick disappearance, and no subsequent adverse consequences or repeated occurrences. Such convulsions do not require parents to worry too much. However, other convulsions last longer, can occur repeatedly, and if not treated early, can cause significant harm to a child's physical and mental health.Between the ages of 2 and 6, the most common cause of convulsions is inflammation of the brain, followed by epilepsy. After the age of 6, epilepsy is the most common cause. If a child experiences recurrent convulsions without fever or other obvious factors or causes, the first consideration should be epilepsy symptoms. Epilepsy comes in many forms, the most important of which can be divided into grand mal seizures, petit mal seizures, psychomotor seizures, etc. The forms and locations of recurrence are all different. The duration of a seizure can be more than 15 minutes if it is a grand mal seizure, or it can pass in just a few seconds if it is a petit mal seizure. The most typical patients have a history of recurrent seizures, and family members often have similar other patients. Brainwave tests can be used to confirm the diagnosis.